Linguistic Voicing

There is a linguistic trait called "voicing." It refers to the usage of the vocal chords for certain sounds in a language. In English, for example, voicing is the only difference between a "b" and a "p," or an "f" and a "v." Today, I am grateful for voicing for a couple of different reasons.

First, whenever I try to come up with new names or words for a creative writing or role playing project, just changing the voicing may be enough (for example, if I wanted to have an alternate reality George Washington, I could simply call him "George Wodgington," using the "dge" sound in "badge" in place of "sh").

Second, I enjoy using voicing in my beat boxing. If I wanted to beat box while singing, all I have to do is use voicing to change "p" and "k" sounds into "b" and "g" sounds so I can use my vocal chords at the same time.

Voicing is something we all do every day, but I am still grateful for it. :)